The Politics of Widowhood and Re-Marriage among the Luo of Kenya

Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 1 (1):165-178 (2009)
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This study utilises philosophical deliberation to analyse the psycho-social and emotional conflicts that arise out of widowhood practices in the Luo community ofKenya. Towards this end, it explores the attendant effects of Luo widowhood practices on family, power and gender relations, and suggests resolutions to thechallenges they generate.

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10.5840/tap20091116

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